Robert-Norbert TREMBLAY

Born

17 July 1829 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

26 December 1920 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

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Antoine TREMBLAY Elisabeth DUFOUR

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Born: 17 July 1829 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Father: Antoine TREMBLAY

Mother: Elisabeth DUFOUR

Paternal grandparents: Joseph-Marie TREMBLAY , Euphrosine-Defraise TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: Clement DUFOUR , Marie-Julie TREMBLAY

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Robert-Norbert married Emilie DESGAGNES 13 November 1848 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Emilie DESGAGNES was born 27 August 1828 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Emilie died 14 April 1894 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Emilie was the child of Louis-Georges DESGAGNES and Felicite BOUCHARD.

Robert-Norbert married (2) Laure COULOMBE 25 November 1894 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada . Laure COULOMBE was born 17 June 1852 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Laure died 26 April 1934 in St-Joseph-de-la-Rive, Canada. Laure was the child of Leon-Macaire COULOMBE and Suzanne BOIVIN.

Robert-Norbert TREMBLAY died 26 December 1920 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada .
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Robert-Norbert TREMBLAY married

Emilie DESGAGNES
Marriage date: 13 November 1848
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

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Children of Robert-Norbert TREMBLAY and Emilie DESGAGNES

Marie-Delphine TREMBLAY

Born: 1 September 1849, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 15 August 1891, Magog, Québec, Canada

Augustin TREMBLAY

Born: 2 November 1850, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 13 December 1938, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Married: Philomene BOUCHARD 12 February 1878 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Pierre-Vesinat TREMBLAY

Born: 19 November 1851, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

Marie TREMBLAY

Born: 2 September 1855, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 6 April 1905, Lac-aux-Sables, Portneuf, Quebec, Canada

Rose TREMBLAY

Born: 7 August 1857, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

Elsie TREMBLAY

Born: 26 January 1859, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

Emilie TREMBLAY

Born: 28 January 1861, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

Antoine TREMBLAY

Born: 12 March 1863, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 20 May 1864, Les Éboulements, Canada East

Marie-Luce TREMBLAY

Born: 14 April 1865, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 11 May 1893, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Charles TREMBLAY

Born: 25 November 1871, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada
Died: 8 May 1879, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Hermel TREMBLAY

Born: 25 November 1871, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada
Died: 12 December 1879, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Resimond TREMBLAY

Born: 1 March 1874, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Anna TREMBLAY 18 January 1897 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Robert-Norbert TREMBLAY married

Laure COULOMBE
Marriage date: 25 November 1894
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

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Laure COULOMBE was the child of Leon-Macaire COULOMBE and Suzanne BOIVIN

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Birth — 1829
17 July 1829
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Marriage / Partner
Robert-Norbert TREMBLAY and Emilie DESGAGNES 13 November 1848, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 19 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Birth of Child
Marie-Delphine TREMBLAY was born 1 September 1849, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Robert-Norbert was 20 years old.

1850 Birth of Child
Augustin TREMBLAY was born 2 November 1850, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Robert-Norbert was 21 years old.

1851 Birth of Child
Pierre-Vesinat TREMBLAY was born 19 November 1851, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Robert-Norbert was 22 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1855 Birth of Child
Marie TREMBLAY was born 2 September 1855, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Robert-Norbert was 26 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Birth of Child
Rose TREMBLAY was born 7 August 1857, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Robert-Norbert was 28 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1859 Birth of Child
Elsie TREMBLAY was born 26 January 1859, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Robert-Norbert was 29 years old.

1861 Birth of Child
Emilie TREMBLAY was born 28 January 1861, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Robert-Norbert was 31 years old.

1863 Birth of Child
Antoine TREMBLAY was born 12 March 1863, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Robert-Norbert was 33 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Death of Child
Antoine TREMBLAY died 20 May 1864, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Robert-Norbert was 34 years old.

1865 Birth of Child
Marie-Luce TREMBLAY was born 14 April 1865, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Robert-Norbert was 35 years old.

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1871 Birth of Child
Joseph-Charles TREMBLAY was born 25 November 1871, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Robert-Norbert was 42 years old.

1871 Birth of Child
Joseph-Hermel TREMBLAY was born 25 November 1871, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Robert-Norbert was 42 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1874 Birth of Child
Joseph-Resimond TREMBLAY was born 1 March 1874, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Robert-Norbert was 44 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 Marriage of Child
Augustin TREMBLAY married 12 February 1878, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Philomene BOUCHARD

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1879 Death of Child
Joseph-Charles TREMBLAY died 8 May 1879, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Robert-Norbert was 49 years old.

1879 Death of Child
Joseph-Hermel TREMBLAY died 12 December 1879, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Robert-Norbert was 50 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1891 Death of Child
Marie-Delphine TREMBLAY died 15 August 1891, Magog, Québec, Canada

Robert-Norbert was 62 years old.

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1893 Death of Child
Marie-Luce TREMBLAY died 11 May 1893, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Robert-Norbert was 63 years old.

1894 Marriage / Partner
Robert-Norbert TREMBLAY and Laure COULOMBE 25 November 1894, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 65 years old.

1894 Death of Spouse/Partner
Emilie DESGAGNES died 14 April 1894, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Resimond TREMBLAY married 18 January 1897, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Marie-Anna TREMBLAY

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1905 Death of Child
Marie TREMBLAY died 6 April 1905, Lac-aux-Sables, Portneuf, Quebec, Canada

Robert-Norbert was 75 years old.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

Death — 1920
26 December 1920
Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 91.

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